Video Tuesday — Addicted to the Covers
Posted by Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video
One of these weeks I’ll stop posting covers, but I wouldn’t count on that happening any time soon. Alex Chilton is one of my favorite songs to sing, I am not sure why.
Tags: Alex Chilton, Covers, the replacements
Bid on an autographed Paul Westerberg First Act guitar
Posted by Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque
Charity Buzz is holding an online auction for an organization called Musicians On Call.
Musicians On Call brings music (both live and recorded) to the bedside of sick people. Which sounds like a kickass idea to me. I know if I were feeling like shit, a bedside concert by the likes of Mr. Mike Doughty would do wonders for my health.
Anyway. You can go bid on the autographed First Act, landing yourself a cute little piece of memorabilia and donating to a good cause. Sounds like what they call a win-win situation to me.
Tags: Charity auction, First Act Guitar, paul westerberg
‘Mats at CBGBs 10-12-1984
Posted by Dfactor | Filed under Concert you can download
Hey, if you’ve never heard this prime-era Mats bootleg, of the band in action at CBGBs in 1984, now’s your chance to grab it over at rballys rock blog.
And then, for more fun, skip over to my 2006 cover song site to hear my version of The Replacement’ ‘Color Me Impressed’.
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Tags: , bootlegs, Dfactor, the replacements
Buck Hill
Posted by pzp | Filed under In Love With That Song
For years, the inspiration behind the Mat’s magnum opus
But no more.
Good luck!
the best e-mail i ever got (this year)
Posted by pauly | Filed under Westbergesque
after hearing my new favorite foreign band Saddles kick out the jams in Japan on Can’t Hardly Wait i decided to check out their my space and give them props for their mad skilz on just busting the song out garage band style.
so i wrote them a complimentary note…. they replied.
Hi, Paul.
Thank you for sending a E-mail to me.
Are you Mr. Paul Westerberg, aren’t you?
I’m really glad to get good comment from you.
Louie-saddles
it will be the only time me and westy will ever get confused for each other
Video Tuesday — I think that dude is doing the Ed Grimley dance
Posted by Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video
Okay, I almost forgot about video Tuesday. Life is chaotic and I still haven’t found a new job. Boo. But what I have found is this totally random video from a place called Backporch Videos and from what I can tell it’s a bunch of kids dancing to Kiss Me on the Bus. Oh and it’s from 1985, so there’s some totally rad fashion and hair. Keep an eye out for the Ed Grimley dude
Tags: Kiss Me on the Bus, the replacements, Video
In the Blogs: Did you miss us edition
Posted by Jodi | Filed under In the Blogs
Okay, I feel not so guilty at all for skipping so many weeks of Monkey’s favorite Paul Westerberg.net feature. Because you know what? There are slim pickins out there my fellow Westernerds. So get out there and get writing.
KEXP in Seattle interviews Laurie Lindeen.
Too Sweet for Rock and Roll has a write up of Achin’ to Be.
The Rock and Roll Geek Show had a great Westerberg quote as quote of the day way back on January 3.
Rock Critics.com brings up the age old question do politics belong in music? Discuss.
Julie at Hughesworld has some interesting observations about Laurie Lindeen, Jim Walsh and their books.
Tags: jim walsh, Laurie Lindeen, paul westerberg, petal pusher, The Replacements All Over But the Shouting
Video Tuesday — Sometimes awesome cannot be quantified
Posted by Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video
So, a Japanese band takes to the stage in Tokyo on December 29, 2007 and what do they cover?
Can’t Hardly Wait, of course.
You can hear more from Saddles on MySpace.
Tags: Can't Hardly Wait, Cover Songs, the replacements
In honor of the new Poll, I’m gonna post this about Crackle & Drag
Posted by Jodi | Filed under In Love With That Song
The first time i heard Paul Westerberg’s “Crackle and Drag” I was sitting by myself in the Guthrie Theater wondering if he was ever gonna play “I Will Dare.”
You can tell just by listening to the MP3 that that audience was floored by the song. one, it was new, none of us had ever heard it before and two, it’s a fucking amazing song. It’s easily in the top three of my all-time favorite solo Westerberg songs.
I’m not sure at what point I realized the song was about Sylvia Plath, I knew it before the song was over. I think it might have been around the time he mentions her sleeping on the oven door. I know I didn’t recognize the title line from Sylvia’s poem. but the song just wrecked me from the very first time i heard it. I became a little obsessed, searching endlessly for the song on the Internet (later Paul would release two versions of the song on “Come Feel Me Tremble”).
I can say with pretty much no reservation that this is one of Paul’s most poetic songs. He’s the king of wordplay (can you stand me on my feet, anyone?), but this song is different because it’s filled with concrete imagery and these images he sings about are just beautiful in their stark exactness.
you could never fix her with a cold stare, she’s all broken inside
she made a good go for a weeping willow
her hair was dirty and she was 30
she stuffed some rags on the floor (this is my favorite one, it just slays me that she wanted to make sure her kids were gonna be okay)
she made a pillow on the oven door
now their zipping her up in a bag, can you hear her blacks crackle and drag
Tags: Crackle and Drag, paul westerberg, Sylvia Plath
Spot the obscure Westerberg reference
Posted by Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque
Stop rubbing your eyes. It’s only Sunday, but yes that is a video down there. As most of you know I am a big big fan of The Daily Mole, specifically Dude Weather. I watch Dude Weather first thing in the morning, before I have even rubbed the sleep from my eyes.
Recently, I was chastised for missing an obscure reference in this clip. Can you spot it?
Tags: Daily Mole, Dude Weather, Grandpaboy
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